1. Persons and Non-Persons, by Mary Midgley
But was a dolphin
'another'? The judge thought not. He said that 'another' would
have to be another person, and he defined dolphins as property,
not as persons, as a matter of law. A
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2. Humans, Nonhumans and Personhood, by Robert W. Mitchell
The Day of the Dolphin, Robert Merle presents a view of
Dolphins as persons — that is, as self-conscious beings with some
control over their own activities, who reflect (via language)
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3. Personhood, Property and Legal Competence, by Gary L. Francione
cleaning the laboratory's dolphin tanks, and feeding
and swimming with the dolphins. In May 1977, after working with
the dolphins for over two years, LeVasseur decided that the
dolphins were in great
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4. Apes and the Idea of Kindred, by Stephen R. L. Clark
(just as we think ants or dolphins or finches are of
single kinds even though there may be many (strict) species of
ant, finch or dolphin). This is not to say that all such kinds
display a single
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